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Businesses smother under red tape

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I am writing to express my opposition to the health-insurance tax that is part of Obamacare.

With an estimated cost of $500 per insured employee every year, this is not the right thing to
do to small businesses in our state and across the country.

As the owner of a bed-and-breakfast in Delaware, I can say that we already have been hit hard by
government regulations. In fact, when the minimum wage went up, we were forced to eliminate
employees altogether.

Small businesses like ours don’t need any more government intrusion, especially considering
these challenging economic times.

We’ve been in business for 16 years now, and we’re members of two chambers of commerce, as well
as our local church.

Small business is absolutely vital to our local communities and our nation’s economy, and we
need our elected officials to consider our best interest.

It’s no big secret that the government has to get out of debt, but putting additional pressure
on small businesses is not the way to go about it.

It’s essential for our congressional delegation to vote for H.R. 763 and S. 603 and shut down
this tax once and for all.